JOB DESCRIPTION

The Opportunity – Director of Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications and Media

Post location: oPt CO-Ramallah

Contract Duration and Level of Effort: 1 year

ROLE PURPOSE:

As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) in the Country Office (CO), The ACCM Director leads a multi-functional portfolio spanning strategic advocacy, policy influence, media relations, brand positioning and public engagement in one of Save the Children’s most complex and high-profile emergency contexts.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Country Director

Staff reporting to this post: Communications Manager and Advocacy and Policy Manager.

Budget Responsibilities: Budget responsibility includes oversight of ACCM resources within the Country Office.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

1. Strategy, Planning & Leadership

• Lead the design and delivery of ACCM strategies to drive policy change and deliver impact for children.
• Advise the Country Director and SMT on external positioning, advocacy risks, and opportunities across the humanitarian–development–peace nexus.
• Foster an accountable, inclusive, high-performing culture grounded in humanitarian principles, child safeguarding, and security standards.
• Ensure ACCM coherence across emergency response, humanitarian coordination, child rights governance, and development programming.

2. Advocacy and Campaigns

• Build and maintain strategic alliances with advocacy networks, child rights forums, and humanitarian fora to ensure timely and effective advocacy.
• Align country advocacy with global campaign priorities and deliver relevant components of the Country Strategic Plan through evidence-based policy and advocacy.
• Position Save the Children as a leading advocate for child rights, chairing and participating in coalitions working to influence government policy and humanitarian action.
• Oversee implementation of global and national campaigns, designing agile tactics and monitoring their impact.
• Lead proposal development and resource mobilization for advocacy and campaigns, integrating MRM, CAAC, and child rights reporting.
• Guide advocacy on protection, access, forced displacement, and humanitarian architecture, aligning with regional and global priorities.
• Lead emergency advocacy and communications, ensuring rapid-response messaging, safe participation, and principled representation. Lead all influencing efforts to promote unimpeded humanitarian access, operational space, and principled action in this high-level complex emergency, engaging with authorities, armed actors, donors and other relevant decision-makers.

3. Humanitarian Affairs

• Lead all influencing efforts to promote unimpeded humanitarian access, operational space, and principled action in this high-level complex emergency, engaging with authorities, armed actors, donors and other relevant decision-makers.
• Develop specialised strategies and products on protection of civilians, grave violations, IHL/IHRL compliance, and accountability.
• Represent Save the Children in humanitarian coordination fora and donor mechanisms, advocating for flexible and timely humanitarian financing.
• Oversee humanitarian information management and crisis communications while upholding conflict sensitivity, do-no-harm, and staff safety standards.

4. Media and Communications

• Ensure consistent application of branding and communication standards and oversee production of high-quality materials—policy briefs, reports, appeals, and storytelling—that reflect child-centred priorities and amplify children’s voices.
• Build and maintain strong media relations to enhance visibility and manage crisis communications effectively.
• Lead timely production of press releases and child-focused humanitarian narratives, ensuring rapid, coordinated internal and external communications.

5. Policy, evidence and analysis

• Provide strategic direction for long-term context-specific policy influence and system change, developing evidence-based advocacy and research products.
• Conduct situational and needs analyses to inform humanitarian policy briefs and advocacy materials on protection, education, and accountability.
• Monitor policy developments, coordination mechanisms, and donor priorities to identify advocacy opportunities and risks.
• Ensure integration of field evidence and lessons learned into advocacy, communications, and programme design to achieve sustainable impact.

6. Monitoring, evaluation and learning

• Establish systems to monitor advocacy and campaign outcomes across development and humanitarian objectives.
• Ensure delivery against KPIs, contribute to Country Annual Reports, and track relevant CSP milestones.
• Lead documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and best practices to inform organizational learning and sector innovation.

7. Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development

• Lead and manage the ACCM team with clear strategic direction, measurable objectives, and robust performance management.
• Build staff capacity through coaching, mentoring, and tailored development plans for team members.
• Foster a culture of motivation, resilience, and wellbeing, ensuring protocols for emergency deployment and staff care.

8. Partnerships, Representation & External Engagement

• Represent Save the Children in key advocacy, humanitarian, and policy fora at national and international levels.
• Cultivate partnerships with government, donors, UN agencies, civil society, and media, ensuring principled and strategic engagement.
• Support senior leadership in high-level diplomacy, crisis communications, and strategic advocacy with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate with global and regional advocacy teams and lead the CO Humanitarian Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) with the global humanitarian advocacy team, to align national work with broader humanitarian and child rights agendas.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced university degree (Master”s or equivalent) in policy, social science, communications, journalism, international relations, humanitarian studies, international development, or related fields.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Minimum of 10 years” progressive experience in senior positions delivering advocacy, campaigns, communications, and media work with INGOs in both development and humanitarian contexts, including experience in large-scale emergency responses and protracted crises.
• Demonstrable track record in working on humanitarian access, advocacy on International Humanitarian Law, and engagement with humanitarian coordination mechanisms (OCHA, clusters, HCTs), alongside long-term policy influence on child rights.
• Proven success in designing and implementing advocacy strategies and campaigns resulting in measurable policy change, improved protection, or enhanced humanitarian response for children and communities.
• Experience managing external relations, government/UN agency/NGO/donor engagement, and high-profile media work in both stable and crisis settings.
• Proven management and leadership skills, including building, motivating, and developing diverse teams in high-pressure, rapidly changing environments (humanitarian and development).
• Highly developed interpersonal, negotiation, influencing, and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Excellence in concise, clear writing and presentation skills for diverse audiences: policymakers, humanitarian coordinators, donors, media, and communities.
• Strong analytical, planning, organizational, and coordination skills with ability to manage multiple priorities under time pressure.
• Commitment to Save the Children”s aims, values, and principles, including humanitarian principles (humanity, neutrality, impartiality, independence) and child rights-based approaches.

Desirable

• Experience in specific crisis contexts or similar conflict, displacement, or disaster response settings.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.
• Experience managing advocacy risk, crisis communications, and sensitive external engagement in politically restricted or insecure environments.
• Background in humanitarian coordination roles, protection in emergencies, child protection in armed conflict (CAAC), humanitarian architecture and donor relations in emergency settings.
• High-level external representation, including diplomatic experience, UN engagement, multi-country advocacy, or major international campaign leadership.

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions.

Save the Children promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment, women and people with different abilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Organisation

Save the Children works in development and humanitarian contexts with children and partners to help families, communities, and governments identify and use innovations to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected.

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.